According to reports, German automaker BMW's recent announcement of a worldwide recall of over half a million cars, due to an electrical fault which causes the engine to stall, will affect 32 cars in New Zealand.

As per the reports, the 32 BMW vehicles affected by the recall in New Zealand include a mix of 1 Series and 3 Series, from the model years of between 2007 and 2011. The vehicles identified for the recall in the country will be checked for a flawed battery connection which leads to the halting of the vehicles.

The owners of the 32 recall-affected cars will be proactively contacted by BMW NZ; and they will then be scheduled to get their vehicles over to a dealership so that the possible fault can be fixed.

About the issue affecting the under-recall vehicles, BMW said in a press release that there is a potential risk of '"a breakage of the connection and a loss of electrical power" to the affected vehicles because "the positive battery cable connection and corresponding terminal on the fuse box may degrade over time."

Going by a Detroit News report, BMW is aware of one incident - in Canada - in which the mentioned issue led to the halting and the subsequently crash of a car; but with no injuries reported. However, the automaker does not know of any instances of a similar happening in New Zealand.